Russia Superfinals 2009 Final Standings

I missed out on these games due to a problem with some meds, kind of bummed I couldn't keep updating so as to keep some traffic this way, but that's the way it goes with me....kind of pitiful.  After the 10 player 9 round, round-robin format tournament the final standings are:

Final Standings after Round 9:


1  6.5 GM Alexander Grischuk 2736

2  6.0 GM Peter Svidler 2754

3  5.0 GM Nikita Vitiugov 2694

4-5 4.5 GM Evgeny Alekseev 2715

4-5 4.5 GM Dmitry Jakovenko 2736

6-8 4.0 GM Denis Khismatullin 2643

6-8 4.0 GM Alexander Riazantsev 2661

6-8 4.0 GM Evgeny Tomashevsky 2708

9  3.5 GM Artyom Timofeev 2651

10 3.0 GM Sanan Sjugirov 2612

GM Alexander Grischuk had a good tournament to win outright, this was a pretty tough bunch of customers, the favorite GM Peter Svidler did well at first but evidently suffered a rare loss vs GM Sanan Sjugirov, the lowest seed in the tournament, after this GM Grischuk had no problems holding off the rest of the pack.

Here's GM Grischuk's win in a Ruy Lopez over GM Dmitry Jakovenko:

 
photo courtesy of Chessdom.com